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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to provide normative data on the Literacy Independent Cognitive Assessment (LICA) and to explore the effects of age, education/literacy, and gender on the performance of this test. METHODS: Eight hundred and eighty-eight healthy elderly subjects, including 164 healthy illiterate subjects, participated in this study. None of the participants had serious medical, psychiatric, or neurological disorders including dementia. Bivariate linear regression analyses were performed to examine the effects of age, education/literacy, and sex on the score in each of the LICA cognitive tests. The normative scores for each age and education/literacy groups are presented. RESULTS: Bivariate linear regression analyses revealed that total score and all cognitive tests of the LICA were significantly influenced by both age and education/literacy. Younger and more-educated subjects outperformed older and illiterate or less-educated subjects, respectively, in all of the tests. The normative scores of LICA total score and subset score were presented according to age (60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-80, and > or =80 years) and educational levels (illiterate, and 0-3, 4-6, and > or =7 years of education). CONCLUSION: These results on demographic variables suggest that age and education should be taken into account when attempting to accurately interpret the results of the LICA cognitive subtests. These normative data will be useful for clinical interpretations of the LICA neuropsychological battery in illiterate and literate elderly Koreans. Similar normative studies and validations of the LICA involving different ethnic groups will help to enhance the dementia diagnosis of illiterate people of different ethnicities.
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Aged , Humans , Dementia , Diagnosis , Education , Ethnicity , Linear Models , Nervous System DiseasesABSTRACT
Objetivos: Estudar os fatores associados à síndrome metabólica em pacientes adultos atendidos em um ambulatório de nutrição.Métodos: Um estudo transversal incluiu pacientes de 18 a 59 anos de idade, de ambos os sexos, encaminhados para atendimento no Ambulatório de Nutrição da Secretaria de Saúde da Prefeitura Municipal de Portão, estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Foram coletadas informações sociodemográficas e comportamentais através de questionários estruturados, padronizados e pré-codificados. Para avaliação do estado nutricional e da obesidade abdominal foram realizadas medidas antropométricas. O diagnóstico da síndrome metabólica foi realizado de acordo com as recomendações do Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome.Resultados: Foram estudados 156 pacientes, sendo 119 (84,3%) mulheres e 37 (17,7%) homens. A prevalência de síndrome metabólica foi 54,7% e o componente mais frequentemente alterado foi a circunferência da cintura (88,6%). A presença da síndrome metabólica esteve associada diretamente à idade, sendo sua prevalência de 75% entre os indivíduos com idade maior ou igual a 52 anos; inversamente à escolaridade, com prevalência de 64,5% em pessoas com escolaridade menor ou igual a quatro anos; associada ao tabagismo, observando-se maior prevalência entre os ex-fumantes (69,8%); e ao estado nutricional, evidenciando-se um maior percentual (75%) entre os indivíduos com maior índice de massa corporal.Conclusões: O estudo revelou uma elevada prevalência de síndrome metabólica nos adultos que demandam atendimento nutricional. A presença da síndrome metabólica esteve associada à maior idade, menor escolaridade, tabagismo e maior índice de massa corporal...
AIMS: To investigate factors associated with metabolic syndrome in adult patients seen in an outpatient nutrition clinic.METHODS: A cross-sectional study included patients with 18-59 years of age, of both sexes, referred for care at the Outpatient Nutrition Department of the Health Secretary of the City of Port�o, Rio Grande do Sul state. Sociodemographic and behavioral data were collected through structured, standardized, pre-coded questionnaires. Anthropometric measurements were performed to assess nutritional status and abdominal obesity. The diagnosis of metabolic syndrome was conducted in accordance with the recommendations of "Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome".RESULTS: A total of 156 patients were studied, 119 (84.3 %) women and 37 (17.7%) men. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 54.7 % and the component most often altered was waist circumference (88.6%). The presence of metabolic syndrome was directly associated with age, with a prevalence of 75 % among individuals aged 52 years or more; inversely associated to schooling, with a prevalence of 64.5% in those with less than or equal to four years of education; associated with smoking, with a higher prevalence among former smokers (69.8%); and with nutritional status, evidencing a higher percentage (75 %) among individuals with higher body mass index.CONCLUSIONS: The study revealed a high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in adults requiring nutrition assistance. The presence of metabolic syndrome was associated with higher age, lower education, smoking, and higher body mass index...
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Humans , Primary Health Care , Cross-Sectional Studies , Nutritional Sciences , Metabolic SyndromeABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the clinical applicability of Gold Lebel,ELISA and LiCA,through detecting HBsAg by all the three methods.Methods A total of 1 000 sapmles were selected,and each sample was detected HBsAg by using three methods. Each positive sampale was detected repeatedly to identify false negative and false positive.Results In all the three methods,the most sensitive and specific method was LiCA,next was ELISA,and the last was Gold Lebel.But Gold Lebel method was more sim-ple and rapid for preliminary screening for emergency or preoperative patients with its sensibility of 1 ng/mL.ELISA had too many operating steps to bring false negative and false positive,while its high sensitivity and specificity and low price might be accepted by commonage and fit for mass simples.LiCA′s especially high stability,accuracy,easily operating could better reflex HBV replication and therapy effects of antiviral drugs in spite of its slight cost.Conclusion The suitable HBsAg detection method should be chosen according to clinical demands.